I liked Lyons' piece. i'll try to describe my feeling when Rollins hit that ball and we all knew what was going to happen after. It hit me the same way it hits me when I am driving on wintry roads. Sometimes when you are braking, you will hit patch of ice and start sliding. The feeling you get immediately after that is what I felt when Rollins' hit was sailing over second base.

Is there a way he can write his color commentary instead of speaking it?

Really, I have some rewards money, and I was hoping that I could just put up a little bit more and get a decent turntable for that. But, it seems like to get a turntable I'd be satisfied with, I'd have to spend more than that. And I'm not really in that position to right now, since I should be saving for more important things (that I actually need). Not that that may completely stop me from jumping in anyway. Damn my inability to just make do with the entry level stuff.

"Colletti and Torre also addressed questions about the executive suite drama between owner Frank McCourt and estranged wife Jamie, who was fired this week as CEO.

"I don't anticipate that it will," Colletti said, when asked if their divorce would impact the baseball operations. "I don't know for sure, but I don't anticipate that there's been any change in how we do business in the last few weeks.""